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We present a new algorithm for finding the triconnected components of an undirected graph. The algorithm is based on a method of searching graphs called ‘open ear decomposition’. A parallel implementation of the algorithm on a CRCW PRAM runs inO(log2 n) parallel time usingO(n+m) processors, wheren is the number of vertices andm is the number of edges in the graph.
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Supported by NSF Grant DCR 8514961.
Supported by NSF Grant ECS 8404866 and the Semiconductor Research Corporation Grant 86-12-109.
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Miller, G.L., Ramachandran, V. A new graph triconnectivity algorithm and its parallelization. Combinatorica 12, 53–76 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01191205
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